Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto)

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Title: Apollo Flaying Marsyas (recto)
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: 1500s
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 30.7 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Provenance: Mrs. M. M .Wells, Sheffield, Christies, sale, 1958, Sotheby 21/6/12? (from old mat, according to departmental catalog sheet). Mrs. M. M. Wells, Sheffield (CMA Bulletin, Sept. 1966, p. 281, no. 79); [her sale, Christie's, London, 15 July 1958, lot 172 (xerox of catalogue in departmental file)]. [Richardo Espiritu Santo, Lisbon? (according to letter of 28 Dec. 1965 from Henry Norweb to Henry Francis in departmental file)]; Mrs. R. Henry Norweb
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.169.a
Medium: pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk
Inscriptions: VERSO, upper center, in brown ink: Apollo chi scortica Marzia ; center, in graphite: 19
Department: Drawings
Culture: Germany (or Netherlands), 16th century
Credit Line: The Norweb Collection
Collection: DR - German
Accession Number: 1966.169.a

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